Beşiktaş drew 1-1 with Çaykur Rizespor. After the match, Halim Okta made a statement.
HERE ARE OKTA’S WORDS:
The players could not fully fulfill the tasks our coach asked and gave before the match. Very easy ball losses came back to us in terms of position. We gave many positions. We wanted to keep the ball at our feet more. We couldn’t do this much. The reasons for this, when we talked as a team, were that there was a serious physical deficiency in our team. It appeared today too. This may be the case from the training sessions carried out since the beginning of last season. Plus, the intense match tempo prevents extra physical training. This causes injuries. He made changes in today’s match not tactically but due to injury. Immobile showed great dedication today, but we had to take it off at the 70th minute as the doctor said. Jonas and Tayyip Talha are like that. We are going through a difficult period. There is a very intense match tempo. We will try to complete it as well as possible.”